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Alvin Ailey

(1931–1989) Ballet Dancer

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Alvin Ailey was a ballet dancer.

Quick Facts About Alvin Ailey

Born: January 5, 1931
Died: December 1, 1989
Profession: Ballet Dancer

About Alvin Ailey

[Wikidata] African-American dancer, choreographer and activist (1931-1989)... | [Wikipedia] Alvin Ailey Jr. was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist. He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) in 1958, and the Clark Center for the Performing Arts in 1959. He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center as havens for nurturing Black

Quotes by Alvin Ailey · Page 2

In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.

Business

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Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world.

Adorable

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Making dances is an act of progress; it is an act of growth, an act of music, an act of teaching, an…

Celebrate

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To be who you are and become what you are capable of is the only goal worth living.

Be who you are

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Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.

Choreography

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“There was still no likelihood that we could make a living from dance. We were doing it because we loved it... We…

Dance

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Nothing personal; I just don't have people over.

Just

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I feel an obligation to use black dancers because there must be more opportunities for them, but not because I'm a black…

Black

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My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

Gentle

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